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Field	Value
Publication number	US-11451597-B2
Application number	US-202016866159-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 4, 2020
Priority date	Sep 24, 2014
Publication date	Sep 20, 2022
Grant date	Sep 20, 2022

Abstract

Embodiments are described herein that involve receiving, by a social-media computing system from a media playback system, playback data indicating media that is being played back by the media playback system, where the playback data comprises an indication of at least one zone of the media playback system in which the media is being played back; and based on the received playback data, updating social-media data in a social-media account, where the updated social-media data comprises an indication of the at least one zone in which the media is currently being played back.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A computing device comprising:
at least one processor;
a graphical display;
non-transitory computer-readable medium; and
program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to:
operate as a control device of at least a first playback device of a first media playback system, wherein the first media playback system is configured for operation on a first local area network (LAN);
receive, via a wide area network (WAN), first playback data comprising an indication of first media content being played back by a second playback device of a second media playback system, wherein the second media playback system is configured for operation on a second LAN;
display, via the graphical display, a playback message comprising a selectable indication of the first playback data;
while displaying the playback message comprising the selectable indication of the first playback data, receive, via the WAN, second playback data comprising an indication of second media content being played back by the second playback device of the second media playback system;
based on receiving the second playback data, replace, within the playback message, the selectable indication of the first playback data with a selectable indication to indicate of the second playback data;
while displaying the playback message comprising the selectable indication of the second playback data, detect a selection of the selectable indication of the second playback data, wherein the selection indicates a command to cause at least the first playback device to begin playing back the second media content that is being played back by the second playback device; and
based on the detected selection, cause at least the first playback device to begin playing back the second media content.

2. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the first playback data further comprises an indication of a room of the second media playback system in which the second playback device is located.

3. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the second media content being played back by the second playback device comprises an internet radio stream.

4. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the second playback data comprises an indication of a playback queue that includes the second media content, and wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to cause at least the first playback device to begin playing back the second media content comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to cause at least the first playback device to begin playing back the playback queue.

5. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the first media playback system is associated with a first household identifier, and wherein the second media playback system is associated with a second household identifier.

6. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to cause at least the first playback device to begin playing back the second media content comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to cause at least the first playback device to retrieve the second media content from a cloud-based media source.

7. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the first media playback system is linked to a first social-media account and the second media playback system is linked to a second social-media account, and wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to display the selectable indication of the first playback data via the graphical display comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to display the selectable indication via an application for controlling the first social-media account.

8. The computing device of claim 7 , wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to receive the first playback data comprise program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to receive an indication via the application for controlling the first social-media account that the second social-media account has initiated sharing of the first playback data with the first social-media account.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium is provisioned with program instructions that are executable by at least one processor such that a computing device is configured to:
operate as a control device of at least a first playback device of a first media playback system, wherein the first media playback system is configured for operation on a first local area network (LAN);
receive, via a wide area network (WAN), first playback data comprising an indication of first media content being played back by a second playback device of a second media playback system, wherein the second media playback system is configured for operation on a second LAN;
display, via the graphical display, a playback message comprising a selectable indication of the first playback data;
while displaying the playback message comprising the selectable indication of the first playback data, receive, via the WAN, second playback data comprising an indication of second media content being played back by the second playback device of the second media playback system;
based on receiving the second playback data, replace, within the playback message, the selectable indication of the first playback data with a selectable indication of the second playback data;
while displaying the playback message comprising the selectable indication of the second playback data, detect a selection of the selectable indication of the second playback data, wherein the selection indicates a command to cause at least the first playback device to begin playing back the second media content that is being played back by the second playback device; and
based on the detected selection, cause at least the first playback device to begin playing back the second media content.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the first playback data further comprises an indication of a room of the second media playback system in which the second playback device is located.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the second media content being played back by the second playback device comprises an internet radio stream.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the second playback data comprises an indication of a playback queue that includes the second media content, and wherein the program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to cause at least the first playback device to begin playing back the second media content comprise program instructions that are executable by at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to cause at least the first playback device to begin playing back the playback queue.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the first media playback system is associated with a first household identif

Assignees

• Sonos Inc

Inventors

• Corbin Keith
• Kumar Abhishek
• Kuper Ron
• Ramsperger Gregory Paul
• Sarkic Andrej

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• G06Q30/0263 Primary

  based upon Internet or website rating · CPC title

• H04N21/6582

  Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number (arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38) · CPC title

• H04N21/8113

  comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format · CPC title

• H04N21/25841

  involving the geographical location of the client (retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00) · CPC title